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FOR THE YEAR
No trouble of any kind was experienced from the Kashkulis from the time
the Buahire Field Force entered their
Farr, Tutor tad Shirt*.
COU ntry till they left the Garmsir.
The Darasliuri were “yaghi ** though they never came into conflict with
the Force. Aynz Kikha remained with the great majority of the tribe In
opposition to the Ilkliani Sirdar Ehtcskam, while Nasrullah Khan who had been
appointed Kalantar by the Governor-General of Fare, and who had the tnbe
snatched out of his hands by a coup d'etat on the part of Ayaz Kikha, was
friendly. He, however, took no steps to try to get his own back again. In
3d arch Ayaz Kikha wrote in to the Deputy Political Resident to say that he
would submit to any orders given him and Lieutenant-Colonel Grcgson, C.M.G-.*
C.I.E., was deputed to meet him in Lirawi and ho promised to either go himself
or send his son to Bushire. He sent his son to the Farinan Farma, though no
settlement was made. The llkbani demanded his eldest son as hostage for the
good behaviour of the tribe when he was with the Kashkuli in Shahpur. He
sent his youngest son, but no settlement was made and matter stood as they
were till all the tribes had migrated to their summer quarters when Ayaz
Kikha was reinstated as Kalantar and still remains so.
Early in March the Deputy Political Resident and the Darya Begi went
to Bandar Asalu and met Soulet-ed-Douleb. He stated that he had merely
obeyed the'orders of the Persian Ministers and leading Mullahs and therefore
should not be punished. He suggested going up to Tehran to submit to the
Persian Government. It was not advisable that he should go by land therefore
he was pressed to go via Mohammerah and Baghdad hut he refused to go The
Shaikh of Mohammerah then suggested that he should act as mediator between
the Soulet and the Parman Parma but this was dropped as the Farman Parma
objected.
Finally it was settled with the approval of the Government of India that
Soulet should deposit £10,000 in the Imperial Bank of Persia in Shiraz, should
sign a bond on oath, not to interfere in tribal politics, send his son Nasii to
Shiraz to stay with the Farman Parma and live quietly on his own estates.
Sirdar Ehtesham toured from Fiiuzabad to Kazerun and stayed in the
Shahpur valley some days before moving the tribes up to their summer quarters
He was urged to take action against Nasr Diwan but refused, as he said he was
too occupied with Ayaz Kikha and the Darashuri.
The Farsimaidan, though they never actually took hostile action against
the Force, harboured Nasr Diwan and his fellow rebels and showed their
sympathy plainly.
The summer passed very peacefully in Shiraz. There was considerable
irritation and discontent among the tribes with the Sirdar Ehtesham regime, as
he extorted more than the traditional revenue out of many of the tribes. The
South Persia Rifles were about to settle down to a period of training when a
mixed force under Lieutenant-Colonel W. A. EL Fraser, D.S.O., M.G., were
ordered to Ispahan to help the Bakhtiaris to deal with the famous robbers Reza
Juzdani and J afar Quli. This expedition was a brilliant success resulting ip
the complete breaking up of the gang and the capture of the leaders; who1 were
subsequently executed, and raised the prestige-of the South Persia Rifles very
considerably. The column returned to Shiraz.at the end ob August.
Nasr Diwan gave himself up to the Farman Farma in the middle of August*
An arrangement was made under which be was banished to Darab for two years
and the Qawam undertook to be responsible that he did not leave the town.
Muhammad Ibrahim, the Ear rash Bashi, was arrested and imprisoned in the*
Ark and put on trial. This trial is still dragging on.
The Autumn move of the Kashgai tribe to the Garmsir passed off quietlT
without anv incidents of importance; this is doubtless due to the presence of
troops at Shiraz and on the road. r
Haji 8eyed Agha Moin-ut-Tujjar, the Residency Agent, has been in
Rc)ibeh*n. Bchbehan all the years. In May Nasrullah
ai« t\ t i*i „ . it. Went on Kbairabad and
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^ waB aeiwd by
All Dad Jalil, one of the Boir Ahmadi Kadkhudaa,
Muzaffar Khan came and